Top 10 AI Music Artists Generated $6.1 Million on Spotify and YouTube, Led by $2 Million Channel
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Updated · Paste Magazine · Jul 27
Top 10 AI Music Artists Generated $6.1 Million on Spotify and YouTube, Led by $2 Million Channel
2 articles · Updated · Paste Magazine · Jul 27
Summary
$6.1 million in estimated revenue went to the 10 biggest AI music artists across Spotify and YouTube, according to a Kapwing report examining streams, views and follower data.
YouTube accounted for the larger share at about $3.7 million from 1.75 billion views, while Spotify contributed roughly $2.38 million from about 595 million streams.
Cherry 葵 Nightcore was the top earner with about $2 million on YouTube, while Enlly Blue led Spotify with roughly $380,000 from more than 95 million streams.
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The study lands as debate grows over whether streaming services are doing enough to protect human artists and police potentially inauthentic AI-driven growth.